Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr Kristi Upson-Saia and comedian Stu Goldsmith to explore the strange world of Ancient Greek and Roman medicine.
Welcome to a world where health was fleeting, water could be dangerous and communal bum sponges are all the rage. The team will take you through a variety of common ailments from tight atoms to wandering wombs and provide startling cures in the form of electric eels and beaver anuses.
Produced by Cornelius Mendez Script by Greg Jenner and Emma Nagouse Research by Hannah MacKenzie
The Athletic production for BBC Radio 4
Mary Anning (Radio Edit)
Printing in England (Radio Edit)
Frederick Douglass (Radio Edit)
Cleopatra (Radio Edit)
History of Broadway
Leif Erikson
Palaeolithic Cave Art
Benedetta Carlini
Alexis Soyer
Edo Japan
Robert Bruce
Minoan Civilisation
LGBTQ Life in Weimar Germany
Mary Anning
Printing in England
Emma of Normandy (Radio Edit)
The Inca Empire (Radio Edit)
The Queen of Sheba (Radio Edit)
The History of Bollywood (Radio Edit)
Simón Bolívar (Radio Edit)
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
No Such Thing As A Fish
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
The Rest Is History
It’s a Continent
Witness History: Black history